Improvement in apparatus for evaporating saccharine liquids



' MORRELL & BARGION.

Sacchari'ne, Liquid Evaporator.

Patented Aug. 11; 18631 Nrrn. TATES Artur tries.

PETER BARGION AND JAMES A. MORRELL, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Specification forming part ofLetiers Patent No. 39,490, dated August 11,1863.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER BARGION and {mains A. MORRELL, of the city ofRich niond, county of \Vayne and State of Indiana, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Saccharine-Evaporators; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description of the constructionand op eration of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveview. Fig. 2 represents the fines of our furnace with dampers, andapertures, 8:0. Fig. 3 is also a partial representation of the same.Fig. 4 represents the back side of the fines. Fig. 5 represents a largeevaporating-pan. Fig. 6 represents a water-tank. Figs. 7 and 8 representevaporating-pans. Fig. 9 represents a filterer.. Fig. 10 represents acooler. Fig. 11 also represents the same, a cooler with one side takenoff. Fig. 12 represents a strainer. Fig. 13 represents a side elevationof our furnace. Fig. 14. is a ground plan of our furnaee.

A in Fig. 1 is the furnace, built of brick, with a chimney at the backend. B is alarge evaporating-pan, as set 011 the brick-work andimmediately over the fire. O O are two smaller evaporatingpans, placedat each side of the water-tank D, and at the back end of the large panB, and should be set lower than the pan B, so that the contents of thepan B maybe transferred to them. D is a watertank placed between thelarge pan B and the chimney. E E is a filterer on each side of thefurnace. F is a cooler. G in Fig. 11 rep-- resents a water-chamber inthe same figure when the cooler F has one side taken off. H H H in Fig.1 represent dampers or slides for admitting air. J J are divisions andslides in the pans C G. M is a strainer extending across the pan B. N isa spout or tube inserted in the side of the tank D for the purpose ofsupplying water to the pans O. O O are two spouts, one in the end ofeach of the pans'O 0, through which the contents of the pans C C may bepassed intothe filterers E E, and having passed through the filterersand pass down the coolers F (there being one on each side, of

the furnace) into the pans 8 S. P is a tube in the front end of thewater-tank through which water may be passed into the pan B. Q, Q showthe inner ends of two tubes inserted in the back end of the pan B,through which the contents of the pan B may be passed into the pans O O.R R are polygonal divisions in the pan B. 6 G are slides in thedivisions R R. S 8 are two pans, one on each side of the brickwork ofthe furnace. 3 3 are handles of the dampers. 9 is one of the handles ofthe damper U. 00 a: are holes to let cold water in and out of the coolerF.

Fig. 2 represents a section of the furnace cut off on a line with thedampers crosswise in this figure. V is the aperture through which theproducts of combustion pass into the chamber A, and into the recess Aand through the passage '1 and up the chimney A. \V and X of Fig. 2 alsorepresent two apertures through which the products of combustion may bepassed'into the chambers A A (for the purpose of supplying heat to thepans O O, as seenin Fig. 1 and passing into the recesses A and A passesbehind the upright pieces S S, and through the openings X X into therecess A and through the aperture '1 and up the chimney A. 2 2 2 2 2 2are arrows showing the direction of the products of combustion. Y and Zare apertures to admit air for the purpose of graduating the heat in thechambers A A. A and A are apertures for the same purpose as Y and Z. H HH H are slides for the purpose of closing or opening the apertures A Aand Y and Z. I I are dampers for the purpose of closing the openings NVand X. 3 3 3 3 are rods to which the dampers \V and X are attached, andfor the purpose of adjusting the same. U is a damper attached to a rod,which is operated by the handles 9 9, for the purpose of closing theaperture I). A- is the chimney with the front side taken off.

Fig. 3 is intended to give a better understanding of the fines in Fig.2, A being the chimney with the front side taken oil; '1, the flue; SS,uprights; 2 2 2, arrows; A A A already described.

Fig. 4: A shows the back of chimney, and also shows the back of therecesses A, A,

and A L is an opening in the recess A provided with a sliding damper, K,which we call a waste-damper. A A are apertures, as shown in Fig. 2. H Hare slides for 010sing the same.

Fig. 5: B, a pan, in which R B represent polygonal divisions; M, astrainer extending across the pan from side to side; Q Q, tubes orspouts for drawing the liquid from the pan.

Fig. 6: 1) is the water tank; N N, tubes or spouts for drawing offwater. P is also a tube for the same purpose.

Figs. 7 and 8: C O are two pans, as seen at Fig. 1 at G O; J J,divisions. O O are spouts or tubes.

Fig. Qisafiltercr; E, the filterer; 1, a strainer at the top. 5 shows apart of one side of the filterer taken off, in order that charcoal madeof beans and other grains or substances containing the most amylum maybe seen, the filterer being filled with said charcoal. Y is a spout.

Fig. 10: F represents acooler. X X are holes to admit cold water anddraw it off.

Fig. 11: F, the cooler with one side taken off, showing a chamber, G,called a water chamber.

Fig. 12: A isa strainer, open on one side and made to fit into thefilterer E at the spout on the right-hand side of said filterer.

Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the furnace, in which A is thefire-place.

Fig. 14 is a ground plan o Ttrnace; A, the fireplace; B, the grate-bars;A A" A, chambers for the passage of products of combustion; T,chimney-flue. A and A are recesses leading into the flue T.

The furnace may be constructed of brick or other suitable material, andmay be secured from cracking by any of the well known means, as bars ofiron secured by nuts and screws, &c. Y An iron frame may be inserted inthe front wall to which may be hung a door on hinges.

The large pan B may be made of galvanized iron. The sides may be formedby turning up and riveting the corners or by riveting them onto thebottom. After the pan isformed we insert the polygonal divisions andrivet each end of them to the sides of the pan, leaving a space in themiddle to be closed by a slide, the grooves of which we form by rivetingonto each side of the open space a piece of sheet-iron which forms thegrooves for the slides 6 6. The slides are made by cutting a piece ofsheet iron the right size and bending over the top edge so as to form ahandle. The strainer M is made by perforating a piece of sheet-iron ortin with small holes. It should be long enough to reach across the panand be riveted at the ends and onto the bottom of the pan, as alsoshould the polygonal divisions. The small pans O are made in the sameway, only that the divisions are straight and lengthwise of the pans.

The filterer is made of sheet-iron, and may be riveted together, andshould be made in two upright chambers connected at the bottom, with astrainer at each top end. The filterer should be filled with charredbeans, or other grains or substances containing the greatest quantity ofamylum. The cooler F may be made in any form, so that there is a chamberto hold cold water and arough surface made to retard the motion of thefluid as it passes down while the cooler is set slanting. \Ve haveadopted for the present the form of steps with the water-chamber belowand attached to them. This may be made by riveting together an oblongbox of suitable length and riveting strips on one side of it.

The tank I) may be riveted together, and should be high enough to extendabove the pans. 1

The slides H H H H are worked in grooves formed of sheet-iron andsecured to the wall.

The dampers are made in the well-known way of securing a piece ofsheet-iron on an iron rod, and may turn in staples driven in the wall.

Operation: It will be seen that by placing the large pan B over thefurnace A, and the two small pans O C over the passages A A, and byplacing the tank D over the space A, and by setting the filterers underthe spouts O O, and the cooler F under the spout of the filterer, theevaporator is arranged for opera tion, the large pan B being suppliedwith cane-juice as the boiling progresses, and at the proper time it isstrained through the strainer M, and is led into the pans G 0 throughthe tubes Q Q, where the boiling process is finished, during which theheat under the finishingpans is graduated by means of the dampers i iand the slides H H H H, the dampers admittingheat and the apertures Y Zand A A admitting cool air at pleasure of the operator. WVhen theboiling is finished it is passed out through the tubes 0 0 into thefiltcrers E E, through which it is filtered and runs down the coolersinto the pans 8 8.

We do not claim the use of a furnace nor of evaporating-pans, as theyare well known and have long been in use.

\Ve do not claim the use of a water-tank separate and distinct; neitherdo we claim it in connection with the simple pans. WVe do not claim theuse of a cooler, as they are well known; neither do we claim the use ofany particular number of pans; but

NVhat we do claim as our invention, and de sire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. The combination of the strainer M, polygonal divisions B B, and panB.

2. The arrangement of the pan B, with its polygonal divisions R B, incombination with the pans G 0, when used in combination with thechambers A A A, damper K, openings A A, and Y and Z, and I I, and U.

3. The arrangement of the chambers A b A1 A5 in combination with thedamper K,- Y and Z,-and I I, and U, the whole being conand openings Aand A and Y audZ, and the structed, arranged, and operated substantiallydampers 113ml U, o v f as above deseribed'. v 4. The combination of thecooler and filberer when constructed, arranged, and operated sub PETERBARGION. stantially as above'described.

J AS. A. MORRELL.

5. The tank D, when used in c'ombinati'ofx I Witnesses: with the pans Band G (3, and chambers. A? Tnos. A. LAGDOL, A and A 5dampe1LK, openingsA A and 1 F1. FISII'BAUGH.

